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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1502937, member: 38783&quot;]I think the key here for the OP is what his personal style is - and for him that&#039;s collecting bullion, he doesn&#039;t care for the premiums attached to the coins, and is not a collector.&nbsp; He likes shiny coins/bullion, and isn&#039;t interested in the history, story, or anything behind it.&nbsp; That&#039;s his opinion, and how he wants to collect his metals.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I would suggest that if the OP is intent on cleaning whatever coins he has, he do a little research on which ones may be valuable, get more familiar with what could have value, and leave those ones alone for the rest of the collectors out there, so that they&#039;re not ruined for them.&nbsp; Toss the good fish back in the sea, so to speak.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like my junk silver and bullion, and I like it shiny.&nbsp; But, I also like seeing and owning older coins with &quot;character&quot; that may hold a premium, and am willing to pay for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>OP, I just went through this with a Peace dollar I found, which everyone&nbsp; here was very helpful in identifying it was cleaned, and probably pretty harshly.&nbsp; Do I still like the coin?&nbsp; Yep, it&#039;s got decent detail to the normal eye, and it&#039;s pretty shiny.&nbsp; But, it&#039;s not worth anything above melt value, and it&#039;ll go into that pile.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, everyone here will be more than willing to help you determine it if you ask.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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